The Best large French Press reviews of 2019

1. Café du Chateau French Press (8 CUP, 34 OZ)

If you’ve been struggling to decide between the thermal properties of a stainless steel carafe and the joy of watching your coffee brew through glass, the French press from Café du Chateau offers you the best of both.

Its striking design incorporates a glass carafe held within a stainless steel frame. But unlike others with this combination, the steel here is more like a sleeve than a cage.

And the vacuum layered construction will keep your coffee hot for up to an hour longer than glass carafes. (Though you risk some very bitter flavors if you really leave your coffee inside for that long.)

If all that’s not enough, you also get a matching coffee canister, with that cute little ’gator on the lid.

This French press may have bags of style, but it’s got plenty of substance too.

9. Grosche Madrid French press (12 CUP, 51 OZ)

If you like a dash of art deco style, you’ll want to check out German firm Grosche’s Madrid French press.

This model has a glass carafe framed in shiny chrome with an arcing handle and chrome plunger.

Get out those Charles Rennie Mackintosh coffee cups and head right back to the 1930s.

The specifications are as good as the design. First up, there’s that carafe. It’s made from heavy duty borosilicate glass, manufactured in Germany by Schott-Duran. Turning the lid will close the spout and keep the heat in for longer.

Then there’s the dual filter system. This one’s a bit different from most. Instead of both filters being stacked together, one is in the plunger and the second in the lid.

There are also rubber grips on the feet of the frame to stop the French press sliding across your counter.

You can also use the Madrid for making tea – and the glass carafe here really gives it an edge.

A green tea will look wonderful as it expands. And if you’ve got a brew with dried flowers, it offers a real visual treat.

Perhaps the biggest selling point of this brewer though, is Grosche’s approach to corporate social responsibility.

A proportion of proceeds from sales of the Madrid go towards Grosche’s Safe Water project. This helps to provide safe drinking water for people across the world.